Meet our academics

Find out about our academics' work, their professional interests and what working at IOE means to them.

More world-leading scholars in the field of education, work at IOE than any other UK university (Source: Research Excellence Framework 2014). At the forefront of research, most of our 400 academics have also been practitioners and draw on direct experience of the workplace.

We've interviewed some of our academics

Read about their views and experiences in the Questions and Answers (Q&As) below.

Culture, Communication and Media

• David Baker, Associate Professor in Music Education
• Jeff Bezemer, Vice-Dean Health and Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media
• Nicole Brown, Associate Professor
• Michelle Cannon, Programme Leader of MA in Digital Media: Education
• Caroline Daly, Professor of Teacher Education
• Zsófia Demjén, Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics
• Andrea Gauthier, Associate Lecturer in Education and Technology and Research Fellow
• Lucy Green, Emerita Professor of Music Education
• Celia Hoyles, Professor of Mathematical Education
• Carey Jewitt, Professor of Learning and Technology
• Allison Littlejohn, Professor of Learning Technology
• Rose Luckin, Professor of Learner Centred Design
• Manolis Mavrikis, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in Education
• Richard Noss, Professor of Mathematical Education
• Norbert Pachler, Pro-Vice Provost: Digital Education
• Kaska Porayska-Pomsta, Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Education
• John Potter, Professor of Media in Education
• Li Wei, Director and Dean of IOE

View all academics in the department of Culture, Communication and Media.

Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment

• Clare Bentall, Assistant Professor in Education
• Douglas Bourn, Professor of Development Education
• Cosette Crisan, Associate Professor (Teaching) in Mathematics Education
• Stuart Foster, Professor of History in Education
• Helen Gourlay, Lecturer in Science Education
• Kim Insley, Associate Professor (Teaching)
• Emma Jones, Lecturer in Education and Gender
• Alison Kitson, Associate Professor in History Education
• Michael Reiss, Professor of Science Education
• Mary Richardson, Professor of Educational Assessment
• Hugh Starkey, Professor of Citizenship and Human Rights Education
• Nicola Walshe, Professor of Education

View all academics in the department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment.

Education, Practice and Society

• Louise Archer, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education
• Stephen Ball, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education
• Alice Bradbury, Senior Lecturer in Education
• Georgina Brewis, Professor of Social History
• Claire Callender, Professor of Higher Education Studies
• Olga Cara, Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Education
• Jay Derrick, Senior Lecturer in Adult and Further Education
• Sam Duncan, Professor of Adult Literacies
• Alison Fuller, Pro-Director for Research and Development
• Tatiana Fumasoli, Professor of Higher Education Studies
• Paul Grainger, Co-Director of the Centre for Post-14 Education and Work
• Andy Green, Professor in Comparative Social Science
• Francis Green, Professor of Work and Education Economics
• David Guile, Professor of Education and Work
• Moses Oketch, Professor of International Education Policy and Development
• Jenny Parkes, Professor of Education, Gender and International Development
• Tejendra Pherali, Professor of Education, Conflict and Peace
• Jessica Ringrose, Professor of Sociology of Gender and Education
• Rachel Wilde, Lecturer in Education

View all academics in the department of Education, Practice and Society.

Learning and Leadership

• Jake Anders, Professor of Quantitative Social Science
• Lynn Ang, Pro-Director and Vice-Dean Research
• Domini Bingham, Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership
• Richard Branch, Visiting Staff in the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities
• Aly Colman, Senior Teaching Fellow in Educational Leadership
• David Godfrey, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership
• Sinead Harmey, Associate Professor in Literacy Education
• Rupert Higham, Lecturer in Educational Leadership
• Amanda Ince, Principle Teaching Fellow
• Rachael Levy, Professor of Literacy
• Lindsey Macmillan, Professor of Economics
• Trevor Male, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership
• Ruth McGinity, Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy
• Joseph Mintz, Associate Professor in Education
• Laura Outhwaite, Senior Research Fellow
• Kathryn Riley, Professor of Urban Education
• Sam Sims, Associate Professor
• Louise Stoll, Professor in Professional Learning
• Gill Wyness, Professor of Economics
• Dominic Wyse, Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education

View all academics in the department of Learning and Leadership.

Psychology and Human Development

• Peter Blatchford, Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Education
• Susana Castro-Kemp, Associate Professor of Psychology and Special Needs
• Marta Francesconi, Associate Professor of Psychology
• Rebecca Gordon, Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology
• Liz Halstead, Associate Professor of Psychology
• Brian Irvine, Research Fellow
• Anna Melissa Romualdez, Senior Research and Engagement Fellow
• Bonamy Oliver, Professor of Developmental and Family Psychology
• Nina Polytimou, Lecturer in Psychology
• Anna Remington, Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Science
• Andy Tolmie, Chair of Psychology and Human Development
• Jo Van Herwegen, Professor of Developmental Psychology and Education
• Zachary Walker, Professor (Teaching)
• Keri Wong, Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology

View all academics in the department of Psychology and Human Development.

Social Research Institute

• Ozan Aksoy, Lecturer in Social Science
• David Bann, Professor of Population Health
• Asma Benhenda, Research Fellow in Education
• Lorraine Dearden, Professor of Economics and Social Statistics
• Katie Gaddini, Associate Professor in Sociology
• John Jerrim, Professor of Education and Social Statistics
• Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Associate Professor in Sociology
• Heidi Mirza, Emeritus Professor of Equalities Studies in Education
• Sandy Oliver, Professor of Public Policy
• Carol Rivas, Professor of Health and Social Care
• Rachel Rosen, Professor of Sociology
• Ingrid Schoon, Chair of Human Development and Social Policy
• Katy Sutcliffe, Associate Professor
• Katherine Twamley, Professor of Sociology
• Jenny Woodman, Professor of Child and Family Policy

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Teacher training

• Ruth Amos, Lecturer in Science Education
• Verna Brandford, Secondary PGCE Lecturer in Languages
• John Connolly, Lecturer In Secondary Initial Teacher Education (Science)
• Josh Franks, Lecturer in Early Years and Primary Education
• Georgina Merchant, Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education
• Gideon Sappor, Associate Professor (Teaching) in Early Years and Primary Education
• Hans Svennevig, Lecturer in Citizenship Education
• Robin Whitburn, Lecturer in History Education

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